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A French intelligence report made public yesterday raised the tantalizing possibility that Osama bin Laden may have died from typhoid fever. The report - delivered to the highest officials in France, including President Jacques Chirac - said Saudi officials, citing "a usually reliable source," believe the al Qaeda kingpin died Aug. 23 from the waterborne illness in an isolated part of Pakistan. "The elements of the story collected by the Saudis, from what they found in Pakistan on Aug. 23, 2006, indicate that the chief of al Qaeda has been a victim of a very strong case of typhoid fever...

Osama Bin Laden Could be Dead The Saudi secret services have come to believe that the founder of Al Qaeda is dead. If it is confirmed soon, the information has arrived in the nick of time for American President George Bush, seriously abused by public opinion polls with less than two months before the elections The information which we reveal today results from an intelligence note classified "Defense Confidential" emanating from the General Directorate of External Services (DGSE).1 The French secret services have passed it on to the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, and to the Interior...